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Merry Christmas!

Okay, okay! Now, before you all start yelling at me, just hear me out.

...Yeah, i got nothing. Go ahead. Yell at me. Tell me how awful i am for saying i would update in 10 days and actually didn't for four months. I'm sooo soo sorry guys, but life got pretty busy. School started and i just became really lazy. But someone told me I HAD TO update by christmas, so I did. :)

Okay, now I've kept you all waiting long enough, read on...

Rebekah dropped down onto her knees, her eyes wide, and tears streaming down her face. She couldn't move. As much as she wanted to, she couldn't. She wanted to go to Caroline, hold her in her arms and cry along with her. She wanted to hold her brother close to her. She wanted to try to bring him back. But she couldn't move. She couldn't. All she could think of was the fact that her brother was dead. Klaus was gone. Nik was gone.

Elijah stood there, frozen. He could feel the tears coming. He could feel himself shaking, scared to admit the truth. He knew he should do something. Go to him. Try to get him back. But he couldn't get himself take a step forward, afraid. Cause he knew the truth. Klaus was gone. Niklaus was gone. His little brother was gone.

Kol stood there, mouth open in shock, eyes widened in fear. No. He couldn't be gone. No. No. He couldn't be. Kol wouldn't let him be. But in reality, he knew, there was nothing he could do. He tried to take a step towards his brother, but he couldn't. The flames burning his brother frightened him. It made him fear that it was all true. He was gone. His brother was gone.

It felt like hours that Caroline sat against the tree, watching her beloved Nik burn up into flames. There was nothing she could do to stop it. She sat there, just staring at his body, still slowly burning up in flames. She could feel tears streaming down her face, but she didn't make a sound. She couldn't. She didn't want to. It only made this nightmare more real. She just hoped this was just a nightmare, that this wasn't real. That he wasn't gone. She just hoped that when she would wake up, she would be back in his arms. That he would be with her. But the noises around her, the sight in front of her, it only made it more real. It only proved that this wasn't a dream. No. He was gone. He was actually gone. Klaus was gone. Nik was gone. Her Nik is gone.

They all wished, hoped, prayed that they could do something, but none had the courage to actually move. To actually admit he was gone.

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After what felt like hours, Rebekah seemed to snap out of her trance. She shot up, standing on her two feet. She was standing next to his body in the blink of a second.

But the next second she was pinned to a tree. Elijah kept his hold on her tight, not letting her get anywhere near his brothers burning body. She protested, screaming, shouting at Elijah to let her go. But he wouldn't let go. She finally gave up, breaking into a fit of loud sobs.

"He's gone, Elijah." She wrapped her arms around his neck, softly crying into his shoulder.

Elijah closed his eyes, pain of hearing the words out loud. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close, quietly sobbing into her hair.

"You have to be strong. For her." He whispered to her. Rebekah nodded against his shoulder, continuing to let out her sobs. "Get her out of here. Only you can." Rebekah nodded once again, slowly pulling away from Elijah. She turned to Caroline, her pain only increasing at the sight in front of her. Caroline looked dead, motionless. The only thing letting Rebekah know that she wasn't actually dead were the tears streaming down her cheeks, and how her eyes blinked constantly, as if she was trying to stop the tears. If that was the case, she was failing horribly.

Rebekah hesitantly took a step towards Caroline.

Caroline heard her. She could hear her approaching her. She didn't care. All she could do was nothing. Nothing at all.

Kol watched Rebekah, slowing moving her way towards Caroline. He wanted to stop her. To tell her to let Caroline stay there, to just let her watch him for a while. But he didn't. Seeing Caroline like this broke his heart.

Her light was gone. Her happiness was gone. She looked completely dead.

Rebekah bent down beside Caroline, hesitantly and gently placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Caroline." She whispered.

No response.

Rebekah dropped to her knees, at the same level as Caroline now. She softly shook Caroline.

"Caroline." She whispered, a little louder this time.

Still no response.

"Caroline." She was shaking Caroline roughly at this point, just trying to get her friend to come back. Caroline finally seemed to notice Rebekah was at her side. She turned her face to Rebekah, immediately breaking into tears. Rebekah, who was still crying herself, pulled Caroline into her arms. She held her as she finally let herself admit the truth. Caroline sobbed into Rebekah's shoulder, clinging onto Rebekah, imaging these arms were his. That he was holding her.

Rebekah pulled away from Caroline pulled her up to stand. When Rebekah tried to drag her away, Caroline yanked her arm back.

"No." She wouldn't leave. She wouldn't. Not without him.

Rebekah turned around, her eyes begging Caroline. "Caroline."

Caroline shook her head, taking a step back. "No!" She screamed, her voice echoing throughout the whole forest. "No. He's not gone." She said out loud, to herself, as if she were trying to convince herself.

"Caroline, please." Her eyes went back to Rebekah, whose hand was held out to her, begging her.

Caroline closed her eyes, before finally taking Rebekah's hand, who lead her away from the nightmare.

Elijah followed them, not wanting to be here any longer.

Kol stayed. He was frozen. He couldn't move. He wanted to leave. He wanted to get away from this nightmare. Wanted to forget this ever happened. But he couldn't. He knew he couldn't.

After an hour, the ring of his phone brought him back to life. He looked down at the screen of the phone.

Gloria.

He turned around, moving to lean against a tree, trying to keep himself together. He finally picked up, bringing the phone to his ear.

"What the hell, Kol?! What was that?! You text me, making no sense, and then you don't pick up my calls!"

Kol hadn't even noticed the 19 missed calls.

"KOL! Answer me!"

"It's over." He tried so incredibly hard to hold in the sob that followed his words, but he failed.

"What do you mean, it's over?" Kol didn't reply. Not knowing what to say.

"Kol. Tell me. What are you talking about? Did you not want me to unlink him?"

And in one second, all the hope Kol had lost came rushing back.

"You what?"

"I unlinked him."

"But that's impossible, he just-"Kol stopped talking as he turned in the direction Klaus's body had laid.

It was gone.

Kol smiled, closing his eyes, letting out a breath of relief.

"Kol! What's going on?"

"Everything is fine." Kol was already making his way out of the forest.

"But you just said-" He cut her off. "Look, it's a long story. Just know that everything is fine." He cut the line before Gloria had a chance to protest.

Kol let his head fall back, closing his eyes, letting out another breath of relief.

Everything was going to be fine.

Klaus could barely make a move. His body was in pain. The worst pain he has ever been in. All he knew was he had to get to Caroline. He knew he should take his time, use his human speed instead of his vampire speed, but he couldn't. He needed to get to her. To make sure she was okay. To let her know he was okay. He raced through the city, wanting to get to her as soon as possible. Using his vampire speed was taking much more energy than it usually did. He fell over onto the ground once again, the deep pain in his chest making it extremely difficult to walk. He was right outside the house. Their house. He tried pushing himself up, but only ended up on the ground again. He laid there for a minute, trying to catch his breath, trying to find his strength. That was when he heard Rebekah from inside the house.

.

"She's gone."

"WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE! REBEKAH! I TOLD YOU TO WATCH HER!" Kol screamed through the phone. It was like nothing could be done properly without him.

"I did! But when I returned to her room after leaving for literally two seconds, she was gone."

She could hear Kol growl in anger. "Where is Elijah?"

"He went to look for her. He was…..afraid that she would do something stu-"

"She won't."

"How are you so sure?"

"Cause I said so."

"She thinks Nik died, Kol! We all did! We all know he's not dead now, but she doesn't! And we all know she is stupid enough to do something like that, because she's Caroline!"

"She's smarter than that, Rebekah."

"She is. But not when it comes to Nik."

"Whatever. We need to find her now. Any clue where she could be?"

"I don't know. Elijah just sped out the house as soon as he found out. I'm going to leave right now too."

"No. You stay. Just in case she comes back. I'll go look for her. And let me know if Elijah finds her. Okay?"

"Okay."

Right before Kol was about to end the call, Rebekah spoke. "Kol, wait!"

"What?" He growled out.

"Just..please. Please. Find her."

Kol nodded to himself, ending the call without a single word.

.

Klaus moaned in pain, he pushed himself up onto his elbows, his abdomen burning in pain as he did so. The pain was getting hard to bear, making it difficult to move at all. But he needed to move right away. He needed to find her. But where the hell could she be?

He forced himself onto his two feet, leaning against a tree to keep his balance. After being able to stand on his two feet, he looked in all directions. Not knowing which way to go, he flashed away, into the forest.

Caroline sat on the bench outside the Mystic Grill.

That very bench where he had first told her to take a chance.

"Take a chance Caroline."

That very bench where he had asked her to get to know him.

"Talk to me."

"Come on, get to know me."

"I dare you."

That very bench where she had told him she was too smart to be seduced by him.

"I'm too smart to be seduced by you."

"Well, that's why I like you."

She closed her eyes, trying to shut out all her tears as she let the memories settle into her brain.

This all was only left as a memory to her now. It was all gone. He was gone. And by sunrise, she would be gone too.

1 hour. There was 1 hour left till sunrise. And she was still nowhere to be found. Klaus's body was close to almost done healing at this point. But him healing wasn't the problem right now. Caroline was. And she was still nowhere to be found.

He searched all of New York City. Every little corner of New York was searched by him. But there was still no sign of Caroline. He was now on his last trip to the house before he left the city, to go search for her.

He sighed, pushing open the door to the manor. He stepped into the house. He closed his eyes, sighing loudly. He could still smell her lingering scent throughout the whole place. He craved so badly to have her in his arms at this very moment. To hold her and never let her go. But she was nowhere to be found.

The sound of footsteps pulled him out of his thoughts.

It was Rebekah. She was running down the stairs as fast as she could with her human speed. She ran to Klaus, throwing her arms around his neck. Klaus took a step back, taken aback with the amount of force she attacked him with. He held her as she cried into his shoulder. He ran his hand through her hair, trying to calm her down, but it didn't help in any way.

She pulled away, grabbing onto his shoulders now.

"I cant..I cant believe you're here. I thought…I thought you left. I thought you were gone. I thought-" Klaus cut her off. He cupped her face in his hands, quietly whispering to her. "I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." Rebekah nodded through her tears, wrapping her arms around his neck again.

Klaus held her there for a minute, just glad that she was alright too. Rebekah pulled away all of sudden, her eyes widening.

"Caroline." She whispered in realization. Her frightened eyes found Klaus's concerned eyes.

"Nik, she left." Klaus nodded, already knowing that.

"Where are Elijah and Kol?"

"They are out, searching the whole city. Kol told me to stay here, just in case she came back. But she hasn't." Klaus nodded.

"I searched every inch of this city, she is not here." Klaus growled, the frustration clear on his face.

Rebekah furrowed her brows. "Then where is she? This is her home. She wouldn't just leave." She wiped at her tear filled cheeks will the back of her hand.

Klaus stood there for a moment, trying to figure out where she could be.

His eyes widened in realization.

"Of course." He whispered to himself. Rebekah looked up at him, confusion clear on her face.

"What?" She asked. Klaus only shook his head.

"How could I have been such a fool!" He was already marching out of the house, Rebekah right on his heels.

"Nik! Where are you going!?" Rebekah screamed after him as he stormed out of the house. She got no answer, as he had already flashed away, to god knows where.

She now stood at the Wickery Bridge. The sun was just about up. She looked down at her daylight ring. Slowly, she pulled it off her finger. She stepped closer to the edge, stopping right at the edge. She dropped the ring into the water with a "plump".

Her head snapped up at the ray of light that broke out in the sky.

The sun was rising. It was almost time. She closed her eyes, just waiting for this nightmare to over as soon as possible.

He sped through the forest as fast as his vampire speed could take him. He could see the sun peeking its way out, into the sky. It only made him go faster. He wouldn't lose her. Not today. Not ever.

He stopped once he came out into a clearing. He could smell her. She was here. She was close. The sun made its way into the sky. And as soon as it did, he heard it. He heard her scream.

He flashed in the direction the scream came from.

Caroline closed her eyes as the pain began. As much as she tried not to scream, she couldn't hold her screams in. It was too much pain. She couldn't bare it. But it was only a little longer until she was only left in ashes, the pain all gone.

The roar of her name got her to turn towards the sound. There was a man, running towards her.

Her eye sight was blurry now, the pain and burning flesh making it incredibly hard to recognize who it was. But the voice. The voice that roared out her name. She could hear it perfectly. It was his voice.

It wasn't possible. She took a step forward, only to let out another scream, she could feel her whole body burning, just waiting to set on fire. He was dead. It wasn't him. It was only her brain playing tricks with her. She let out another scream in pain.

He ran as fast as he could, continuing to scream out to her, telling her to move, telling her to run. She only stood there.

Just as Caroline could feel her heart starting to burn up in flames, a pair of arms wrapped around her, flashing her away, underneath the shade of a tree.

Caroline kept her eyes closed, tears continuing to stream down her face. She could feel her back up against a tree, knowing Kol or Elijah had her pinned to it. She slowly opened her eyes, letting a couple of sobs.

Her eyes widened as her eyes saw him.

Here he stood, right in front of her. His eyes were closed and his breathing was heavy. She stared at him, trying to figure out what was going on. This can't be him. He was dead. This wasn't him at all.

"No." She whispered. She gently tried to push him away. Klaus' eyes snapped open at the sound of her voice. He growled, grabbing a hold of her wrist and slamming her back into the tree.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?" He growled out, into her face. Her eyes stayed wide open. In fear? In shock? Even she didn't know.

Seeing she wasn't going to say anything, he continued. "What the hell were you thinking!?"

"You…you…you're dead." She choked out, shaking her head as she closed her eyes. She tried to push him off, not knowing what was going on. Klaus' grip on her wrist tightened and he pulled her to his chest, now them barely inches apart.

"Caroline." He growled again. She shook her head, trying to push him away from her.

"You're not real! He's dead! My Nik is dead!" Caroline tried to loosen his grip on her, but it only tightened.

"Let go of me!" She growled at him, pushed him away from her. He took a step back from the force she hit him with.

Klaus watched as she backed herself into a tree, frightened by him being here. Klaus watched as she seized to believe this was actually him. That he was actually here. He hesitantly took a step towards her, slowly pulling her to him, wrapping his arms around her waist, burying his face into her hair.

Caroline stood still, eyes wide open, not moving, not even breathing.

Seeing that she wasn't pushing him away anymore, he tightened his arms around her. "It's me." He whispered to her, applying one kiss to her neck. Caroline closed her eyes, finally relaxing. She only stood there though, scared that if she let herself believe he was here, he would disappear again.

Once he noticed she wasn't moving, only standing there, he pulled away, holding her by the shoulders. She kept her eyes closed, too afraid to open them to nothing but air. Too afraid that if she opened them, he wouldn't be standing right in front of her.

"Caroline." He whispered, only to be followed by more silence. His hands slid from her shoulders to her elbows.

"Sweetheart, open your eyes." She only clenched her eyes tighter. Her hands were now in his, their fingers entwined.

"I'm here." Caroline took a deep breath in, slowing fluttering her eyes open. He was still here. Her mouth gaped open in shock. She watched in shock as Klaus brought one of her hands up to his lips, placing a soft kiss on it.

Next thing Klaus knew, Caroline had thrown her arms around his neck, clinging to him like her life depended on it.

She held onto him, sobbing into his neck. Klaus wrapped his arms around her waist, placing a kiss to her ear.

Klaus clenched his fists as she cried, loudly into his neck. She was shaking violently, her sobs taking over her. The way she clung to him, even the slightest movement from him making her believe he was leaving, crushed him.

She pulled away after a couple of minutes, cupping his face and placing kisses all over it. Klaus clenched his eyes closed, his heart aching seeing her like this. She stopped once she had kissed each inch of his face and finally spoke.

"How..how are you here? I saw…I saw you burn..I saw your body go up in flames, how….how are you-" Klaus cut her off, cupping her face, pulling her close to him.

"Shhhh. It's okay. I'm here now." She nodded, sobbing, wrapping her arms around his neck, not ever wanting to let go.

They stood there for hours, holding each other, crying into each other's necks, never letting go.

It was night when they made it home. Caroline not having her ring made it kind of difficult for them to get home in the sunlight.

Compelling a man to give them his car, they had driven off, back to New York.

Klaus had not bothered calling his siblings. He had though, texted Rebekah, telling her everything was okay. He knew Elijah and Kol were probably home by now, knowing Caroline was alright.

They had driven in complete silence. Klaus didn't find it normal, but he also knew the silence was kind of necessary. He had almost died. And he didn't quite know he would have survived.

Once at the Manor, Klaus stepped out of the car, flashing over to Caroline to open the door for her. She stepped out of the car, closing the door behind her. Klaus moved to walk into the house but was stopped by Caroline. Caroline smiled at him, grabbing his hand to guide them towards the house. Klaus slowly followed Caroline into the house, clutching onto her hand.

Walking into the house, Kol, Elijah, and Rebekah all made their way down the stairs. Caroline stood there, smiling weakly at all of them. She could see the relief in all their eyes. Her eyes looked to Kol. Seeing the relief in his eyes made her smile. She smiled at him. He took a step to go to her but stopped as soon as Klaus stood at her side. Letting out a small sigh, he closed his eyes in relief.

"I'll be upstairs." Caroline whispered to Klaus, smiling up at him. He looked down at her, nodding. He placed a quick kiss to the top of her head, before hesitantly letting go of her hand. Caroline quietly walked away, exiting the room. Rebekah smiled at her brother, following Caroline. She had already met him, she would leave her brothers to reunite now.

Elijah walked towards Klaus, stopping when he was right in front of him. Grabbing a hold onto his shoulder, he pulled him into a brotherly embrace. Klaus stood there for a moment before wrapping his arms around Elijah. He let himself close his eyes, loving this feeling. It felt like forever since Elijah and him had embraced. Elijah pulled him away by the shoulders. The look Klaus saw on Elijah's face was something he had never seen on his brother's face before. He didn't know what it was, but he could see the tears waiting to burst out his brother's eyes. But he knew Elijah. And Elijah was not one to cry. No matter how much he wanted to, he wouldn't show his tears to anyone other than himself.

"Niklaus, I will not deal with more of your foolishness ever again." Klaus looked down at his feet, as if he was a five year old boy, getting scolded by his father.

Elijah bent his head, trying to meet Klaus' eyes. "Niklaus. Do you understand me?" Kol had to put a hand over his mouth to keep himself from at laughing at Klaus. This was indeed a serious moment, but the way Klaus acted was so childish sometimes. Klaus nodded, continuing to look at his feet. Elijah nodded, giving Klaus' back a small pat before exiting the room.

"You're such a baby Nik." Klaus' head shot up in the direction the voice came from. There was Kol, smirking like a four year old does on Christmas. Great. This was exactly what he needed.

"I would keep your mouth shut if I was you." Klaus replied, standing straight, brushing off his clothes. Kol smirked, his big brother was definitely back.

"You sure do act like a baby." Kol said, stepping towards him. Klaus sighed, closing his eyes, knowing exactly where Kol was going with this.

"Look, Kol-" Kol cut him off, not in the mood to take any of his shit at the moment.

"No. I'm going to talk, and you're going to fucking listen." Kol stopped, taking a step to stand right in front of Klaus.

"You're stupid. You're a selfish bastard. What the hell were you thinking? Huh? What? Killing yourself was going to solve everything right?!" Kol's voice was louder than it should have been.

Klaus growled, not liking the way he was being spoken to. "Kol." He warned, but Kol continued.

"Oh, just shut up Nik! You weren't thinking and we all know it. Your plan is to always protect Caroline, make sure she's okay. Well, guess what? It's a stupid and selfish plan. You think that cause you love her, you should do whatever to protect her. And you should. But killing yourself! Are you gone mad!" Kol was shouting at this point.

"Kol, I didn't know it would kill me." At this, Kol laughed.

"You didn't know? Are you fucking serious? You didn't know? You knew very well that you would die. Your lovesick ass just doesn't have the brain to think." Kol said, walking away from Klaus.

"I did it for her. You could at least understand that?" Klaus stated.

Kol stopped in his tracks, growling angrily. He turning around and walked back to stand in front of Klaus.

"I know. I do understand that." Kol said, his voice just louder than a whisper. "But when there are other options, that's not understandable. When there were other ways we could have killed Tatia, your solution was idiotic. You need to understand that killing yourself would only have hurt her more.

"Kol-"

"No. You need to get that. You should have understand that. That girl cannot live without you. Tonight's events proved that." Klaus looked down to his feet, not saying a word. "So the next time you want to do something like this again, think of the way she'll feel. Yes, she'll be safe, but when it doesn't make her any happier, what's the point?" With that, Kol left the room, leaving behind a very speechless Klaus.

"Where had you ran off to?" Rebekah asked as she sat next to Caroline on her bed. Caroline smiled, shaking her head.

"I hadn't run off to anywhere. I just ...needed some time to myself." Caroline said nervously, putting a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Rebekah grabbed her hand, laughing humorlessly. "And where is your ring?" Caroline eyes met Rebekah's. When she got no answer, Rebekah raised her eyebrows, waiting for Caroline to respond.

Caroline only pulled her hand out of Rebekah's grip, looking away from Rebekah.

"Caroline. Why would you even try such a thing?" Rebekah questioned, trying to get Caroline to turn to her.

"Caroline. Talk to me, please."

Caroline turned her face to Rebekah, closing her eyes. "I'm sorry." Caroline choked out. Rebekah nodded, wiping away Caroline's tears.

"You need to stop. You've cried enough today. Get some rest." Rebekah said, getting up and going to Caroline's closet to find her something to wear. She came with a pair of pants and t-shirt, comfortable enough to wear at night.

Caroline chuckled softly seeing Rebekah's choice of clothes.

"What?"

Caroline shook her head, wiping away the dry tears. "Nothing. Its just, that's not my shirt." She stated, pointing towards the shirt Rebekah chose out for her. "Its Nik's."

"Well, that's okay. Not like you haven't worn his clothes before." Rebekah said, winking at Caroline.

"No, but that's the same exact shirt he was wearing when you had spat out your coffee on him a year ago." Rebekah immediately dropped the shirt to the ground, making a disgusted face.

"Eww! He told me he had thrown it away."

"He was about to. But you know there is a such thing as washing clothes? I washed it and kept it." Caroline said, smiling that the memory.

"But why?"

Caroline chuckled softly, wiping at her eyes with her long sleeves one last time. "Because the look on his face when you had spat on him was just unforgettable." Caroline laughed.

Rebekah smiled, glad that she was cheering her up at least a little bit. She took at seat next to Caroline, continuing to look at the shirt on the ground.

"It was pretty priceless wasn't it?" Rebekah laughed, resting her head on Caroline's shoulder.

"It was." Caroline agreed, nodding. Rebekah sat up straight, to look at Caroline, only to see her crying again. She sighed, taking Caroline in her arms. Caroline pushed her away, sitting up straight, wiping at her tears.

"No. I refuse to cry more."

Rebekah smiled. "Good." Caroline got up, and pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"I should go see Elijah and Kol."

Rebekah stood up, nodding. "I agree. You should." Caroline nodded, smiling at Rebekah before walking out of the room.

Caroline made her way to Elijah's room. With a knock on the door, she peeked her head through the door, trying to see if he was there.

"Caroline, please, come in." Elijah said, setting up the last pile of books before walking over to her. Caroline walked into the room, she barely came into this room, not knowing how something could be so neat and organized.

Elijah sat down on the edge of his bed, Caroline following his actions.

"Now, must I scold you like I did with Niklaus?" Caroline didn't say anything, only looked at her hands. Elijah sighed, knowing he couldn't treat her like he treated Klaus.

"Look, Caroline. You can't go running away like that." Caroline continued to fiddle with her hands.

"You want to go away, do as you wish. You wish to leave, you may. But you cannot leave without saying a single word to any of us. Most certainly not when your intentions are like the ones you had today."

"I thought he died." Caroline whispered, still not looking up at Elijah.

He bent his head, trying to meet her gaze. "We all did." Caroline nodded, gulping down her tears.

"Caroline, you need to know that you have a family now. You have all of us. You cannot do such foolish things. You need to think of how we will feel to. Plus, what good is putting yourself in danger?"

Caroline nodded, finally looking up at Elijah. "I'm sorry, Elijah. I know that I've troubled you a lot. Especially last night."

Elijah smiled, pulling Caroline into an embrace. "All I wished for was for you to be safe. Didn't matter what type of trouble I had to go through to make sure of that." Elijah stated. Caroline nodded, wrapping her arms around Elijah. "Thank you, Elijah. For everything." Caroline whispered. Elijah smiled, pulling away from Caroline. He got up to walk out of the room.

"Do you know where Kol is?" Caroline questioned, getting Elijah to stop in the doorway.

"Last I remember, he was in his bedroom." He said before walking out. Caroline nodded to herself. He was the one she really needed to talk to right now. There was something she needed to get clear.

Kol sat there on the couch in his room, twirling a finger in his bourbon, staring out into the fireplace. He hadn't slept all night, how could he, he was out all day searching for her. And then in the morning, when he found out that Klaus found her and that she was okay, he couldn't sleep until he saw her in front of him. And now he couldn't sleep either, not after knowing that she had tried to kill herself.

Tried to let her herself burn until all that was left of her was ashes.

He growled at the thought. It disgusted him to even think that she would have stooped that low, just cause of his idiotic brother. He didn't deserve her. None of them did. She was too good for them. She was too full of light to be brought into their world, the world filled with such darkness. But she had been. She was brought into this darkness. And it was because she loved him. It was all for him. His idiotic brother. And he was too big of a fool to realize it.

The sound of soft footsteps against the wooden floor brought him out of his thoughts. He turned his head to see Caroline, leaning against his doorway. She stood there, smiling at him. He smiled back, sitting up straight. "Hey." He placed the glass on the table in front of him, motioning her to come take a seat next to him. She smiled, pushing herself away from his doorway and towards the couch. Taking a seat on the couch, she spoke,

"We need to talk."

So, what do you think? :$

So yeah, I kinda lied about this being the last chapter. :$ There is one more chapter to go. I had actually hoped to only write one more chapter, but it was going to end up being waaaaaay to long and i really wanted to update asap for you guys. So one more chapter to go.

Like i said before, I am sooooo sorry for the long wait for this chapter.

So the next chapter I hope to have up before New Years. Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed/followed/favourited this fanfic. It means alot. Really, thank you so much.

Also, I have an idea for a sequel but i'm not sure if a sequel is wanted. So let me know, yes or no to a sequel. :)

I want to thank Yana aka queenofklaroline for helping me through out this whole fic. She is the reason this fic is still going. Thank you so much!

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Until next time.. :)